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° spemer 7 1] October 1950 cic, FAO # 8, P. 0. bar 379, Knoxville, Tennessee pO OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE . ee ae wt ee * When the object was spproeching the ground in ite descent, it ‘took: on * i | tee shape of a bullett with a large tail. EEE. fe. 7 When the object was sighted on the ground (from approrimtely two” nat * hundred and ten (210) feet) 1t appeared to be approximately the site 4 of a 2x5 card, with a twenty (20) foot ribbon tail. The object and. the tall was alternately moving up and down, eid the ribbon appeared» to be weaving in the breeze. The color vas a motallic grey.. ‘. @. When Trooper Rywer oam within fifty (50) feet of the object he” desoribed it similar to the above except that the first two ani one-bal feet of the tail appeared more solid, but the last seventeen ani one-he (174) feet of the tail appeared almost transparent and was glowing, .. intermittently, in sections, The tail appeared to have four or tive sections which would glow intefmittently. a, Trooper Rymer's record is among the best of the troopers at the Atomic Energy Commission Security Patrol, Mr. JohnMonsymaker holds bedge No. UT~1817, and is employed by the University of Tenneesee Agricultural Research Farm as a. caretaker for small animals, Mr. E, W, Hightower holds badge Mo. 6633 and te - an amplovee of the Maron Construction Company. The Controller, Capt. W. Akin, of Detachment No. 2, 662 AC and W Bat., MoGee-Tyson Airport, P. 0. Box 202, Maryville, Tennesses, at the Knoxville =| Airport Radar Site, mide a report thet he hed seen peculiar readings on the radar soopes at approximately 1520 hours. Apparently the radar picture was . indefinite, intermittent, and imaocurate, because the objects sighted by redar - would anly mike a short * painting" on the scope ani would then disappear only to reappear at another location. On 16 October 1950, at approximately 1520 hours, five pereons [ fas yet unk sighted objects hovering over the K-25 plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Further information and description is expected fran these sources, Eowever, the radar ecopes at Knoxville Airport vere giving an unintelligible reading. Apparently ¢ Commnding Officer waa reluotant to make any statement conmerning these readings due to higher Headquarters doubting the event of the past few days, . Bevertheless, a fighter aircraft from the 5th Fighter Sqd. was sent to identify an object which wes reported to be hovering over K-25, Upon approsohixr the area the radar equipment aboard the aircraft got an image on its scope ani the pilot pursued this image and identified it as a light type aircraft. Grouni 3 o¢ Hedagiartore, Third Aray 1 oc Security Division, ket 1 oo 032, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 oc File ; a ay 1 oo FBI; ‘Wnexvi lle, Tennesses : oe as Ma ; oey se wee 5 Taleieis Teste aia eet eia Ss — Sat uid inches, 4 Capes eae eenre = rrren eT ” ’ a ars